Mediating effect of health literacy on social support and self-care ability in older patients undergoing percutaneous coronary stent implantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health literacy refers to individual skills to access, process, understand, and use health information to stay healthy. Social support is a multi-faceted construct including of perceived, enacted, and structural support dimensions and negative social reactions. This study explored the mediating effect of health literacy on social support and self-care ability in older patients undergoing percutaneous coronary stent implantation (PCI).

Methods

Between December 2021 and March 2022, a total of 249 older patients who underwent PCI in our hospital were included in this cross-sectional study using the convenience sampling method. The demographic and health history of patients was collected by questionnaire. Exercise of self-care agency scale (ESCA), chronic disease heal

SUBMITTER: Yao L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11538836 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature